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US ends penny production—the United States is officially closing the book on the one-cent coin after more than two centuries in Americans’ pockets and piggy banks. The Philadelphia Mint is striking the final batch of circulating pennies, capping a 230-plus-year run that began in the early republic and evolved through countless designs, metals, and cultural…
House vote to end US shutdown: what could still derail the deal House vote to end US shutdown. That’s the phrase echoing through Washington this week as Congress races to finish what the Senate started: passing a funding measure to reopen the federal government after the longest shutdown in US history. The Senate has already…
Trump new tariffs are here—again—and the scale is striking. From 1 October, the White House says it will impose a 100% tariff on branded or patented pharmaceutical imports unless the company is already building a manufacturing facility in the U.S. At the same time, it will slap a 25% import tax on all heavy-duty trucks,…
Starbucks store closures are at the heart of a sweeping reset: the coffee giant will shutter hundreds of underperforming locations (mainly in North America), eliminate about 900 US non-retail roles, and close some UK stores—even as it still plans to open 80 new UK shops and 150 across EMEA this fiscal year. The moves form…
TikTok child data protection is at the center of a sweeping Canadian privacy investigation that found the platform’s safeguards for minors inadequate and its collection of children’s personal data overly intrusive. Canadian privacy officials say hundreds of thousands of children are on TikTok annually despite the company’s stated age minimum of 13, and that the…
Trump Xi TikTok deal In a phone call that both capitals billed as “productive,” US President Donald Trump said he and China’s President Xi Jinping approved a framework for a deal to keep TikTok operating in the United States—setting the stage for an in-person meeting at the APEC leaders’ summit in South Korea at the…
UK AI superpower : That is the phrase dominating Westminster and Silicon Roundabout after a wave of headline investment pledges from the world’s biggest technology companies. During U.S. President Donald Trump’s second state visit to Britain on 16–17 September 2025, London and Washington unveiled a “Tech Prosperity Deal” that UK ministers say could turbocharge growth,…
The G7 nations have imposed a price cap on Russian oil, aiming to limit Russia’s revenue and stabilize global energy markets during conflict.
China initiates a trade investigation into Taiwan, focusing on potential trade barriers. This probe could significantly impact the economic relationship between the two.
The Russian oil price cap aims to limit Russia’s oil revenues while maintaining stability in global energy markets. Its impact is being closely monitored.
